Jin Jong-oh is a South Korean sport shooter born September 24, 1979, in Chuncheon, who specializes in pistol events. Competing at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, he won four Olympic gold medals and two silver medals, becoming the only shooter in Olympic history to win an individual event, the men's 50 metre pistol, at three consecutive Games, and the only individual shooter to win four Olympic gold medals overall, making him the most successful individual shooter in Olympic history.
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born 24 September 1979
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September 24, 1979
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The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting
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By doing so, Jin also became the first man to win the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol gold medals at the same Olympics, and one of the five shooters to win two individual gold medals at one Olympics, being the first man to have done so since Otto Olsen of Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
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Jin Jong-oh (Korean: 진종오; pronounced [tɕin.dʑoŋ.o]; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Jin Jong-oh (Korean: 진종오; pronounced [tɕin.dʑoŋ.o]; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
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